hit man(n = noun.person) gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman - a professional killer who uses a gun;
is a kind of liquidator, manslayer, murderer
1. A professional murderer, esp. one working for a criminal organization; also called
2. A slanderer working for political purposes to damage the reputation of an opponent; a hatchet man. [PJC]
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